The loss of 62,100 jobs last month pushes the unemployment rate to 11.2%, the fourth worst in the nation. The rate for L.A. County is 11.4%. California's unemployment rate hit 11.2% with the loss of 62,100 jobs last month, reaching its highest level since the government began keeping systematic records in 1976, the state reported today.
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